Tadpoles generally brown, gray, or olive dorsally, with an irregular pattern of diffuse darker and lighter areas. This mottling continues onto the sides of the body and tail. Often a diffuse darker bar is present between the oral disc and the eye, as well as a blurred, short horizontal dark line posterior to the eye. The abdominal skin is completely silvery, with a conspicuous mid-belly line. The gut is not visible through the venter. The gill, buccal, and gular regions may be either clear (with gills and heart clearly visible) or partly covered by large silvery patches. Few scattered melanocytes are present in the gular and lateral buccal regions of the ventral skin. The lateral tail vein is masked by dark pigmentation; consequently, the root of the tail often bears a horizontal dark line laterally. The tail and fins are mottled with patches of dark and light (iridophore) pigmentation; these dark flecks may be arranged to form a barred pattern on the middle and posterior portions of the tail.